For the 31st consecutive year, the Akron Urban League (AUL) offers scholarships to high school seniors, residing and attending school in Summit County, sponsored by community groups, corporations, and higher education institutions through the Building Scholars Program. The scholarship program is aligned with the AUL mission to improve the lives of the citizens of Summit County, particularly African Americans.

If you don't want to eat those peas, Rep. Marcia Fudge wants to make it easier for a hungry person to eat them. On Tuesday, the Warrensville Heights Democrat introduced legislation to address liability worries that keep food manufacturers, retailers and restaurants from donating surplus food to the needy.

In an area where trash and broken glass litter the sidewalks and graffiti-covered buildings are boarded up, it is hard to imagine a big, beautiful garden full of fresh produce. However, in inner city Cleveland, through the collaboration of the Ohio USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ohio State University Extension, a push from Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, partnerships between the City of Cleveland and multiple organizations, this has been made possible.

This week, parents, elected officials, students, and communities are engaging in National Teacher Appreciation Week. For one week every year, teachers across the country are acknowledged for their often selfless contributions and thankless efforts.

Last week, the Obama Administration announced that the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget will invest $12 billion over ten years to reduce child hunger. Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) released statements in support.

In a speech on the U.S. House of Representatives floor on Thursday, Rep. Marcia Fudge apologized to the riot-torn city of Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray, who died after he was injured by police, for federal policies that don't help the poor.

Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge on Tuesday called on Republicans who control the U.S. Senate to approve Loretta Lynch's nomination to be U.S. Attorney General, calling Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell "petty and mean spirited" for using the nomination as a "pawn" in ongoing disputes with Obama.